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Exclusive: Fintech Offers Startups Alternative To Venture Debt With A New Model To Finance Customer Acquisition Costs

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Technology companies routinely spend heavily to acquire customers who may not generate enough revenue to cover those costs for months or even years. A new fintech company, Skalar, wants to finance that gap without taking equity or requiring startups to repay the money on a fixed schedule. The New York-based company publicly launched Thursday with an undisclosed seed round led by São Paulo-based venture firm Monashees and a debt financing partnership with General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund.
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Sector Snapshot: AI Takes A Growing Share Of Sales And Marketing Startup Funding

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Businesses may be watching their software budgets more closely, but they are still spending on products that help them find customers and keep the ones they already have. Startups across sales, marketing and customer management have raised $7.5 billion so far this year, according to Crunchbase data.
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How This Doctor-Turned-Startup-Founder Decided To Fix The Healthcare Staffing Crunch: Make Employers Apply

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Editor’s note: The following is the sixth profile in a series of articles about startup founders from non-technical backgrounds who have launched successful venture-backed companies. Read the previous interviews with MagicSchool AI founder Adeel Khan here, Trunk Tools founder Sarah Buchner here, Tabs founder Ali Hussain here, Craft founder Ilya Levtov here, and GC AI founder Cecilia Ziniti here. After completing medical school in London, Iman Abuzeid decided not to pursue a residency.
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